HOOVER, Alabama -- The Hoover Police Department said today that a 37-year-old man has been charged in connection with a number of recent burglaries and thefts in the Bluff Park area over a 10-day period.

Hoover police said they obtained 13 warrants on Tuesday against Keith Allen Henderson, who was arrested a week ago by Vestavia Hills police as they responded to a report of a residential burglary in the 1500 block of Badham Drive in that city.

In Hoover, Henderson is charged in connection with seven recent burglaries in which a back door was kicked in during the daytime, Hoover police said in a news release.

Henderson confessed to the burglaries and told Hoover police he committed the crimes in the Bluff Park area because he grew up there, according to the news release.

He is being held in the Jefferson County Jail.

In Vestavia Hills, police say Henderson kicked in the door of an occupied home last Wednesday, then ran when he realized someone was there. He was arrested after a traffic stop.